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College community gathers to pay tribute to the man who helped put Columbia on the map By Jill Helmer floral bouquets, a grand piano, a cello. and an elegant looking dnun set. all of Staff Writer which were used in musical numbers later in the program. There was a lso a While a cold rain fell outside, friends. podium adorning the Columbia logo. relatives and colleagues gathered inside the college that Alexandroff worked so the warm confines of Columbia's Getz hard to build. Theater, 72 E. I I th St., on May I I to While guests took their seats. they pay a final tribute to Mirron "Mike'' chatted and welcomed the chance to be Alexandroff. with others who were close to Despite the dreary weather and the Alexandroff. very occasion that brought everyone Once everyone had assembled. there, the Getz Theater was far from a Executive Vice President of Columbia melancholy place. The memorial turned Bert Gall opened the ceremony. "We out to be more a celebration of arc gathered here to remember a friend, Alexandroff's life rather than a mourn mentor, and a visionary whose leader ing of his death. ship had inspired us all.'' he said. On the Friday the memorial took place. "On the one hand, (Aiexandrofl) was the rest of Columbia's campus was an articulate and thoughtful political fig closed down to recognize Alexandroff, ure who could control a room either who is considered Columbia's founder through sheer personality, or by the and died on April 20. It was the first intelligent logic he so articulately might time in the history of the campus such a argue, but whom on the other hand. closing took place. could be easily intimidated by a waitress As guests entered, they were instantly who he was too shy to interrupt as she greeted by memories of Alexandroff: on went about her work," said Gall. the stage was a slide show of pictures of After Gall spoke about his memories Dwayne Thomas/Chronicle A lexandroff and his loved ones from of Alexandroff, he introduced Alexandria Eldenberg, fl'lllddaughter of late Columbia "founder'' Mlrron "Mike" throughout his entire life. Alexahdroff, reminisces about his life at a college memdllial honoring his accomplishm6nts. Alongside the slide show were white See Alexandroff, page 3 Street Beats event to kick off Carter inauguration the Hokin Center, the President's Office, By Megan Dlaz accommodate the number of students Life Productions (Hip-Hop dance and the Office of Student Life, CCTV.com, attending. more), and DJ Nole. All of the bands per Staff Writer RHA, WCRX, and the Earphonic The highly anticipated event will show forming are winners of a competition Productions Class, Columbia's Street case some of Columbia's most talented sponsored by Columbia. They each sent The semester is coming to an end. The Beats Festival will take place on Friday, musicians. The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, audition tapes, and were selected to per sun's shining, the weather's warming up, May 18, from II :30 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Columbia's very own IS-piece Big Band, form in the festival. The Boogie McLaren and everyone is restlessly awaiting the parking lot located on the comer of directed by Scott Hull, is expected to take Hip-Hop Dance Troupe will also give a end of the semester and the beginning of Harrison and Wabash. the stage at 12:15 p.m. Also performing is performance. summer. That's where Columbia's Street This particular lot was chosen due to its Equinox 5 (Jazz), The Reed Sisters, Common and his band Water Babies Beats Festival comes into play. premiere location on the Columbia cam Sudden Dark (Alternative), Last Man Out Sponsored by the Columbia Chronicle, pus. It is expected to be large enough to (Alternative), World Famous (Hip-Hop), See Street Beats, page 2 Fashion Columbia struts its stuff By Angela Timmons " T he studen ts wer e very p rogressive in using new Staff Writer m a te rials. It's something new a nd different this year . .• the re's a lot of fant asy and humor." With enough glitz and glamour to rival the pros. fashion students Ne11a /von, unveiled their creations at Fashion Fas lrion, special eve111s a11d public re/atio11s ma11ager witlr Saks Fijllr Ave. Columbia held last Wednesday at the Conaway Multicultural Center. said this year's collection was whose designs with rosettes made Entirely produced by fashion innovative. of faux dollar bills centered on a design and managment students "The students were very progres "fancv fortune" theme. said she from the Columbia College sive in using new materials:· she almost cried when she saw her Fashion Association. show fea said. ''It's something new and clothes modeled for the first time tured over I 00 designs ranging different this year... there's a lot at the earlier show. ··It was great, from hand-painted jeans to a red of fantasy and humor." a final chance to show people vinyl "lobster dress" were mod Student producer Kelly Mazza. what you· ve learned." she said. eled for the enthusiastic crowd. a senior. said she enjoyed work Designer Pamela Walt. creator This was the fifth year for the ing with her four co-producers of the "lobster dress" and other salon-style fushion show with the over the past year. "It was an all fa shions she described as proceeds benefiting the Victor around good experience:· she "other-worldly: · said she's Skrebneski Fashion Scholarship said. "You're getting out of the inspired b) French designer and the Columbia College classroom and\vorking with real John Paul Gaultier. and would Fashion Management and people in the indusuy." - like to work for him one dav. Fashion Design lntemship funds. The group was given a Walt. originally a theater major. Winning entries from the budget and was responsible frequently altered clothes she Fashion Colun1bia Competition for evervthing from orderinl! picked up at thrift stores and was were also on display including the "ine. and food for the pre: urged b) friends to tty fashion original accessories. photographs. show cocktail pany. to choos design. sculptures. and graphic designs. ing the models from Elite and About her designs, Walt says. Nena lvon. who is fushion. spe Aria modeling agencies. ''Ideally I want to make people into cial events and public relations For the desii!Jler.;. it was an Dwayne M Thomas/CtvoniCie crearures:· Models show off student designs during the annual presentation. For manager with Saks Fifth Ave. also emotional experience to see their - Ryan Adair contributed to this instructed the fashion students fushions in the show. 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Police say $300,000 Superstitions help some U. stolen from DePaul Illinois students with finals CHICAGO (AP) - Police theft occurred in an adminis believe a former DePaul trative office at DePaul's Barcheski said there is a gins of the mythical idol are University employee may downtown Loop campus. By Drew Depriest dance she does to "crack up unknown, but Duvall suggested have stolen more than An internal audit discovered Daily Jllini (U. Illinois) at herself," and she usually that Earl came from "some little $300,000 from the school that the money was missing, tries to get other people to guy deep in the jungle." through a check-cashing scam. and university officials report (U-WIRE) CHAMPAIGN, do it, too. For some, finals supersti "It had to be an inside job," ed it to police on Friday. Ill. - Hangin' tough with "It's the one where you tions evolve into more suc said Chicago police spokesman School officials say they finals can be a step by step hold the loops of your belt cessful renditions over time. Matt Jackson. have a suspect, but an arrest process, ooh baby. With stu and then move your waist," For Tom Gelsthorpe, sopho The employee generated has not been made. DePaul dents feeling the stress of she said. "I' m studying in more in LAS, that evolution unauthorized checks between spokeswoman Denise Mattson finals, many test-taking my head as I'm doing it." came with a musical throw Aug. 9, I 999, and March 7 of said the employee has since hopefuls report to their While Barcheski said her rit back to the 19 80s. this year, police said. The left the school. respective exam rooms with ual has been fairly success Gelsthorpe said he used to more than just a No. 2 pencil ful thus far, other rites have sing Survivor's "Eye of the and a prayer. fallen flat in the face of bad Tiger'' as he walked to his U of C to house space To get herself in finals grades. finals. The popular song mode, Megan Barcheski, Scott Duvall, freshman in would soon catch on with oth junior at the University of LAS, has carried a shrunken ers in the class as well, he said. materials research center Illinois, said she listens to head named "Earl" to two of "We started getting it going the New Kids on the Block his hour exams this semes as we walked into class and CHICAGO (AP}-The The center's program would song "Hangin' Tough" ter, but he said he is unsure if other people would start University of Chicago will research materials that could before she leaves for her he 'II carry Earl to finals for doing it, too," Gelsthorpe become the headquarters to a be used on satellites, space sta final. the rest of the week. said. " You'd walk in singing new national center for inves tions and high-altitude aircraft. " I give myself about 10 "I took him to my math (the first seven chords of the tigating the performance of The 5-year grant began minutes, because then I have and physics hour exams, and song), and invariably some materials in space, the school May 1 and is part of the to kind of calm down after he hasn't really worked yet," body in front of you would announced last week. Multidisciplinary University wards," Barcheski said. Duvall said. " I think he got a (s ing the next three chords)." The Chicago-based center, Research Initiative, a pro The NKOTB tradition - little annoyed because I took This semester, Gelsthorpe called the Center for Materials gram focusing on science which must include the song him off his shelf, but he said he has adopted a song from Chemistry in the Space and engineering problems "Hangin' Tough," since "any might not be a math and sci the Extreme Championship Environment, comes through that could be used for future other song would ruin it," ence guy - I might try it Wrestling show, Pantera's a $5 million grant from the Department of Defense and Barcheski said - began her with English." "Walk." He said the musical U.S. Department of Defense. civilian applications. freshman year. As the song Duvall said Earl was a "wacky advantage he gains has helped plays from her New Kids on Christmas gift" his roommate him "get one physics miracle, the Block Greatest Hits CD, received in December. The ori- so it's better than nothing." Small colleges struggle to attract young professors College holds hearing to decide fate of LEXINGTON, Ya. (AP) _ frat that printed offensive newsletter Washington & Lee "I wouldn't have come University, like many small if I didn't think CONCORD, N.H. (AP} A second newsletter notes results of the college hearing colleges in small towns, is Dartmouth College officials that a future issue will g ive befo re taking further action. caught in a demographics research would be heard from witnesses and one member's "patented The newsletters were dis crunch. expected of me." reviewed documents during a date rape techniques." tributed to fraternity mem Many of its older, estab 5 112-hour closed-door hear The newsletters ironically bers at weekly meetings and lished professors hired in the Eric Wilson, ing last week to decide the fate came to light during sexual were supposed to be 1960s are reaching retire a Harvard Ph.D. of a campus fraternity that awareness week at the 1vy destroyed after each meet ment age. And finding printed offensive newsletters. League school in Hanover ing. But an unknown num young academics willing to Dean of Res idence Life that inspired the raucous 1978 ber leaked out, dean of stu settle down in a town of are high is not always easy." Martin Redman said he will movie "Animal House." dents James Larimore said. 7,000 is a challenge. Eric Wilson, a Harvard Ph.D. rule on whether he will pun Fraternity members said The newsletters have also ln the 1980s, W&L lost one who specialized in ish the 48-member Zeta Psi the newsletters were meant raised concern among or two faculty members a Shakespearean drama, was fraternity for at least two as satire. But Redman said Dartmouth professors, 101 of year. This spring, nine will happy to come to a college newsletters that were distrib the nature of the newsletters whom have critic ized the retire, and 40 percent of the where the focus is on teach uted in early April. and the outcry from the com school's president and trustees faculty is expected to leave in ing undergraduates, not on Punishment could range munity were serious enough for not reform ing frate rnities. the next seven years. publishing. from a warning to the college to warrant the hearing. ln an open letter, the profes "It's worrisome," said univer But for all his commitment shutting down the fraternity. Ri chard Breeswine, execu sors said fraternities have failed sity President John W. Elrod, to teaching undergraduates, The fraternity has already tive director at the fraterni to meet the college's minimum " but it's an opportunity." Wilson said, "I wouldn't have been put on probation by its ty's national office in Pearl standards of behavior. Despite the retirement come if I didn' t thi nk national executive committee. River, N.Y., said "probation Dartmouth President James boom, the number of job can research would be expected One of the newsletters is one step removed from Wright has said college offi didates with doctorate of me." describes fraternity members' suspending a chapter's char cials are working hard to degrees continues to surpass In many cases, experts say sexual escapades with women. ter,"adding he would await address community concerns. the number of full-time colleges have only them vacancies nationally. selves to blame for the sud But many young academics, den loss of senior talent. particularly singles, are reluctant Mary Burgan, general sec Cliffs Notes creator dies at 83 to settle in rural communities. retary of the American " It's a harder sell in this day Association o f Univers ity By Billy O'Keefe pretations and $4,000 later, tantly, enjoy-the original and age," said Elrod, whose Professors, noted that many Cliffs Notes was born. masterpieces. college of 1,70 0 undergradu universities relied on part Tribune Media Services Today, more than 5 million "A thorough appreciation ates is three hours southwest timers rather than fill Overworked, stressed out copies of Cli ff Notes, which of Ii terature a llows no short of Washington. tenure-track posts during and j ust plain unmotivated cover everything from cuts," he wrote in a mes W&L has responded by giv the 1980s. Now, she said, students everywhere lost a Hamlet to Algebra 11, go to sage to students, which has ing its faculty more time fo r there's a generation gap of hero to end all heroes print each year. By the time since been published on the research: a sabbatical pro leadership. Saturday when Clifton Hillegass sold the company in officia l Cliffs Notes Web gram for j unior professors, Elrod said the school's Hillegass, the C li ff behind 1999 to lOG Books, creators site, cliffsnotes.com. " By grants for summer research challenge will be to benefit Cliffs Notes, passed away. of the "For Dummies II series, using CliffsNotes responsi and a decision to reduce the from new blood while ma in He was 83 years old. his $4,000 hunch had swelled bly, reviewing past c riti two-year teaching load from taining a close-knit staff that Hillegass introduced the into a $ 14 million empire. c ism of a literary work, and 14 courses to 13. respects the college's tradi always-controversia l Cliffs While Hillegass' creation examining fresh points of "You are tra ined to do tions of southern gentility Notes to the world in 1958 may have allowed students view, you can establish a research," said Robert an honor code and a campus after Canadian Jack Cole, a everywhere to substitute unique connection with a Stewart, a neuroscientist in wide practice of acknowl friend of Hillegass' who had C liffs Notes in place of the work of literature and can W&L's psychology depart edging everyone you pass on created a similar product up real thing, Hillegass himself, take a more active part in a ment. "Facing the prospect of the street. north, suggested that such a who made no secret of his key goal of education: be ing in a place where "These are things that can concept would sell well in love affair with Iit erature, redefining and applying clas resources are not plentiful get lost if you're not care the United States. always encouraged students sic wisdom to current and and teaching requirements ful," Elrod said. Sixteen Shakespeare inter- to read-and more impor- future problems." 6
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We meet every Wednesday at 5:30pm in room 1015. We are an organi The Columbia College Entrepreneurship Club is proud to join the ranks of the prestigious clubs of Columbia College. zation dedicated to furthering ourselves as artists. We have informal c ri· tiques, we do gallery walks, take road trips to out of town museums and The Columbia College Entrepreneurship Club is a student run organiza galleries, and we help with slides and work with faculty and administration to constantly improve the Art &·Design department. Our group is open to tion which is dedicated to the unification of Columbia College academic departments. The goals are to combine the talents of the different depart· all artists working in any media or format, except fiction writing. ments in order to; start student business, work toward a common projects We encourage all students and faculty to come and sit in. Come listen to what others are up to or speak up and tell us what you want out of and objectives, and offer real life training scenarios for students while they are still enrolled in college. The CCEC will benefit students with guest Columbia. You never get anything by being silent! speakers, seminars and conferences in areas that pose problems and will supply access to information and practical experience that may not be pre· WHAT STUDENTS HAVE SAID: "Wednesday nights saved me! If it wasn't for them I'd be drawing chara· sented in the classroom . catures at the maii."-Tim Timmons "All this and broads too!"-Smilin' Pete Our means of accomplishing our goals are: "Who knew playing with toxic materials could be so rewarding? I look I. Building a sense of community at Columbia College. 2. Promoting the recognition of the arts as a legitimate form of expres- forward to losing my testicles!"-Eiizabeth Strongly This year alone we have gone to the Milwaukee Art Museum, The sion in Chicago. Indianapolis Museum of Art, we've shown films, had an interdepartmental 3. Presenting an opportunity for students combine their talents and work as a team to accomplish visions and goals. pany, a pumpkin carving and Halloween Procession of Doom. Columbia College is striving to recognize the needs of its students and UPCOMING EVENTS: Opportunity to travel to New York to visit galleries and of the surrounding community. We at the CCEC believe that the resources museums there, more films, more critiques, Art Potluck Dinner, The we need are at our disposal within the Columbia College of Chicago com Rocket Program, Swingers Night, Heroin-Fest and our fi rst annual Mass munity. We trust that by uniting the college through our interdepartmen Suicide Ball (free kool-aid kids!). tal student driven organization, we can accomplish things which were not previously possible. Wednesday nights, Rm. lOIS every Wednesday at 5:30pm This summer we will be involved in the formation of the Serendipity Children's Theater Company, a company that will address social issues and For more information about how to give children in the Edgewater community exposure to the arts where they get your club featured in this space, may not have had the opportunity. Please come and join us for this excel· please contact Dana Ingrassia, lent opportunity. Director of Student Organizations and Student Government at For any questions about The Columbia College (312) 344-7042 or email her at Entrepreneurship Club, please contact Tom Camacho at (773) [email protected] 728-0741
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Columbia College Chicago Educational Studies Department 600 South M ichigan Avenue I Chicago, Illinois 60605 I 312 .344.8140 8 Mlll4, 2001 COMMENTARY America should tame City living a rude Letters to awakening for the Editor its violent obsessions suburban student Blinded by science By Elizabeth Welshan vivors and families of the victims. In the By Allison Clark Me Veigh case, these purposes all seem University of Wisconsin well served by his execution. But what Staff Writer I just finished reading the ani When is enough enough when it are the roots of the death penalty? Why After an afternoon at work, I came cles in the Sunday Trib. (5/6) and comes to violence? When is violence do people - who universally agree that home to my first apanment in Chicago's on the CCC webpage about the entertainment and when is it the propa murder is wrong- believe that murder Rogers Park. I noticed my roommates Zafra Lerman fiasco and I just had ganda of a government running on fear? ers should be killed? bathing suit wedged in the lock as I to LAUGH ALOUD!!! Timothy McVeigh, the man responsible Historically, the death penalty was not approached my door. Did she lose her Zafra Lerman only cares about for bombing the Oklahoma City federal a punishment nor a crime deterrent but a keys? Was she stepping out for a sec two things - KEEPING her soft, building, has requested that his execu means to an end. In ancient times, cer ond? These were the questions that filled easy, do-nothing-job, and tion be broadcast nationwide. While tain crimes were considered beyond the my head. As I walked in my apanment I the BIG, FAT, MASSIVE paycheck Attorney General John Ashcroft has realm of human authority: murder, adul saw empty shelves and racks where our that goes along with it. So what already ruled that McVeigh's execution tery, rape and treason, just to name a valuables use to sit. Taking a second to the hell else is new? will not be broadcast, it will be shown few. In cases where these laws were register, I finally realized what had hap For $375,000 a year the via closed-circuit television to more broken, leaders believed the criminal pened. I had been burglarized. University of Chicago, than 300 people who have expressed could answer only to the gods (or God Chicago is more dangerous than the Northwestern, or for that matter interest in witnessing the execution. as the case may be). As such, it was the suburb where I grew up. Being burglar any OTHER "decent, reputable Many of the witnesses are friends and responsibility of civic leaders to "deliv ized is common among crimes in and respected" university any family of the bombing victims, who er" the criminal into the hands of the Chicago, compared to extreme crimes where in Chicago would have her want to witness the execution as a son gods. The only way to accomplish that like murder. In 1999, 30,319 burglaries literally working her butt off for of revenge or closure to their grieving was to kill the offender. But that was were reported and 641 murders, accord that kind of money and shes know process. Perhaps some of them wi II feel ancient times, when politics and religion ing to the Illinois State Police. Burglary that - go ahead just ask her. better after they have seen the bomber were one and the same, and people is so common that some residents look at She'll do everything AND any die. Perhaps others among them will believed that the gods really would pun it as "initiation" into the city. thing she can to protect her feel worse. Many of them will still feel ish those who had transgressed. New residents might be in denial of the EXTREMELY EASY, HJGHY unresolved, I suspect, because watching On the other hand, the U.S. is supposed crime rate in Chicago because they prefer PAID job, and her inflated "self McVeigh die is not going to bring back to be a country ruled by reason and to associate the city with its world perception" of her academic their dear depaned. civic law, not religion. renowned reputation. Tourist organiza importance. Lerman said, " ...my Should the execution be shown to the In fact, we devote a great deal of our tions, like the web page for Chicago co~ leagues ~t Harvard, Yale, and entire American public live on television, legal time and energy to upholding the Convention and Tourism Bureau Pnnceton ... or should it remain on closed-circuit tele separation of church and state. Can we, as (Chicago.il.org), sugarcoat the city with PAH-LEEEEZ!!! If she truly vision? The simple answer is that May 16 a nation, allow the death penaJty to contin lakefront information, theaters, or concert does have ANY colleagues at those is coming up fast, and Ashcroft has ue given its religious roots? halls. People should be more conscious schools you can surely bet already made up his mind on this issue. Do we want to find out ifAmericans enjoy ness of the abominable crime rate in the that they work in the Janitorial So, while it is not really up for debate, the real-life violence as much, or perhaps city. For instance, apbnews.com provides Depts. question still raises some intriguing issues more than the imaginary kind? If we allow information on the crime rate based on This is a fiasco NOT about pla swrounding the death penalty. ourselves to explore the corridors of real the resident's zip code. giarism, but instead about The purposes of the death penalty are violence as entenainrnent, we are only Among new residents in Chicago are Lerman's fear of losing considered to be numerous. It is sup spitting distance away from a culture of college stud,ents. Columbia, for example, departmental control. posed to serve justice for the victims of violence unmatched since Roman times. lies among the crime in the city. The The students should petition for capital crimes. It is supposed to prevent At least the Romans had their gods to school takes pride in offering the entire her RESIGNATION ASAP!!! other people from committing crimes point to when they were executing pris city as its campus. Students travel from SHE'S A FRAUD!!! because they fear death. It is also sup oners on masse in the arena. Who will all over the world to experience this par My God, what a horrible school, posed to provide closure for the sur- we blame but ourselves? ticular urban atmosphere and are unaware I' m even happier NOW that I left of the outstanding crime. when I did. In panicular, students from Chicago's surrounding suburbs can easily obtain a Anonymous Exposure false impression of the city. Some people see the suburbs as the perfect mix between urban and rural life. School closing questioned Residents don' t have to drive miles for a grocery store but, then again, they are not living on top of one. Living in the sub I think it is ridiculous to give the urbs, people can choose when they want school a day off for a man (who to go downtown and when they would I am sure did much for the school), rather stay away. is now deceased. Like most of the I lived in the suburbs for eighteen of administration, I have no idea who my twenty years being a live. I was you are. I don't attend random drawn to Columbia by the internships funerals and I wouldn't even have and staff. I also liked that is was in the time to anyway because I am a Chicago. I wanted to immerse myself in FULL TIME STUDENT with a culture. What I got was a reality check. job. I know it may be hard for There is plenty more crime in the city some to believe, but some students than in the suburbs. actually have work to do and com For 1999 the Illinois State Police plete before the semester ends in reported that per thousand Chicago resi three weeks. dents there were 82.4 crimes for a popu This school has a long way to go lation of 2,802,079 residents. before it gets its act together, how In comparison to Chicago's crime rate, can taking a day ofT aid in that Algonquin (where I grew up), Fox River effort? Grove, and Cary (surrounding suburbs of Algonquin) combined had 54 crimes per David Hen iff I Junior thousand residents for a population of 40,832 residents. People moving to Chicago should know there arc worse things then being burglarized. I' ve been through them. Not to long a Her I moved into my apartment my mentally ill neighbor assaulted me. She waved her breasts in front of me and demonstrutcd her size OPINIONS compared to mine. he then punched me with her fi st and claimed I had slept with ONLINE Chnshna Mann/Chronicle her boyfriend. This a ll began nficr I Wedding Day, Buckingham Fountain See City, page 9 @
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Dear Columbia College Chicago Graduate:
I am excited to offer my most sincere congratulations as you prepare to graduate from Columbia College Chicago. You should be proud of your achievement and Columbia is eager to extend wishes for a very fulfilling future!
Columbia's 2001 Commencement Celebration will take place on Sunday, June 3, 2001 , at the Universi ty of Illinois Pavilion (11 50 W est Harrison Street). from 2:00p.m. to approximately 5:00 p.m. There are several important details to note in this busy time preceding graduation:
• Commencement 2001 is a ticketed event. While you will receive a special seating ticket with your robe, your guests will need a UIC Pavilion sea ting ticket. Please visit the commencement website at "www.colum.edu/commencement" to reserve tickets online. Each gradui!te will be able to claim up to four tickets. The next ticket distribution date will be Mav 14. from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m .. in room 311 of the Wabash Building. • Graduation announcements will also be available for pick up on May 14. Personalized invitations are available through the bookstore at a reasonable cost. • Your cap and gown will be available in the Hokin Annex (623 South Wabash) on Wednesday and Thursday, May 30-31, between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. If you cannot pick up yo ur robe on these days, you can obtain it immediately before the ceremony on Ju ne 3. You will receive your seating ticket with your cap and gown. You must bring your seating ticket with you to Commencement.
• Graduates ~ h o uld arrive at the Pavilion no later than 1 :00 p.m. Signs will be posted to direct you to the pro <.es~ i o nal staging area. Parking is available adjacent to the Pavilion and acro~s the street. Guests will be permitted to enter after 1:1S p.m. • You wdl rece1ve a diploma jacket at the ceremony. Your adual diploma may be picked up in th!' Academic Advising Office (Room 300, 623 Sou th Wi!bash) on the appropriate date. All diplomas must be picked up in person. Diplomas will only be issued once academic and fi nancial obligations have been satisfied. Please con tad M s. Ruby Turner, 312-344- 7441 , for more information:
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a,~~he COLUMBIA CHRONICLE Students must be in good academic standing, enrolled in at least 12 credit hours in the fall semester and should be taking and/or have taken the core courses in either Journalism or Photography. Knowledge of Windows NT, word processing, PhotoShop and/or QuarkXpress is a huge plus but not required. All editors must be available on Tuesday for the College Newspaper Workshop class and our staff meeting, and every Friday for production of the paper.
If you are a dedicated, hard-working student who doesn't mind rockin' every week with a bunch of crazy students and would like a great job for next year, call (312) 344-7432 and ask for Chris Richert, and I'll answer any questions you might have. Be prepared to fill out a job application, present a resume, an unofficial transcript and some examples of your work when you come for your interview. Please don't hesitate to call and ask questions. Our office is in the 623 S. Wabash Building , Rm . 205. POSITIONS AVAILABLE FALL 2001 Editor-In-Chief The Editor-In-Chief is in charge of the entire news operation of the Columbia Chronicle, overseeing all of the paper's and web site's staff, as well as the content and coverage found in the Chronicle. This individual must be available 30 hours per week.They will be in charge of assigning and collecting stories from staff writers and correspondents and they wil l also be in charge of layout and design. Campus Editor The Campus Editor is in charge of news coverage of events, issues and people on campus. This individual must be available at least 20 hours per week. They will be in charge of assigning and collecting campus (news/feature) stories from staff writers and correspondents and they will also be in charge of layout and design of the Campus section. Commentary Editor The Commentary Editor is responsible for assigning and collecting opinion stories and columns for publication. This individual will also be in charge of layout and design of the Commentary section. They must also be available for at least 20 hours a week. Arts & Entertainment Editor The Arts & Entertainment Editor is in charge of news coverage of events, issues and people within the arts & entertainment industry. This includes coverage on campus, and the Chicago area. This person must be responsible, and work well with others. They will be in charge of assigning arts & entertainment stories to staff writers and correspondents, and the layout and design of the section. They must also be available for at least 20 hours per week. Sports Editor The Sports Editor is in charge of coverage of events, games and issues with sports. This individual must be available at least 20 hours per week. They will be in charge of assigning and collecting sports stories from staff writers and correspondents and they will also be in charge of layout and design of the Sports section. Assistant Editors (various sections) Assistant Editors help with the supervision of various parts of the newspaper, and assisting section editors with story assign ments and in some cases, design and layout of the section. They will also produce stories and/or columns for various sections of the paper. These students must be available at least 10 hours a week. Copy Chief & Copy Editors Copy Editors are in charge of checking, polishing and correcting stories written by staff editors, writers and correspondents. Webmaster and Assistant Webmaster The Webmaster and assistant are responsible for the content and design of the Chronicle's web site. www.ccchronicle.com. Web staff must know HTML, PhotoShop, Flash, DreamWeaver, and QuarkXpress. Photo Editor & Photo Staff The Photo Editor is responsible for assigning photo assignments to all other photographers and complete photo assignments of their own .. They must also be proficient in layout and design of all photographs using PhotoShop, and QuarkXpress. They must be available at least 20 hours a week. 12 Cdii.Jh"'bla ·et~ronicl~' · .., 14,2001
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May 14,2001 Columbia Chronicle 17 ATTENTION ClASS OF 2001 lOO~ ~0 SSil:J NOI1NJ111 arts&entertaintnent 18 ..., 14,2001 'The Night of January 16th' MadMonl{ pays tribute to one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century "People's Court," "Moral Court," etc.) that flood today's By Samantha "Sam" Glelsten airwaves, may seem a touch slow-moving given pop-cul Correspondent ture's appetite for preaching podiums and screaming defendants, it presents a moral and ethical question that the audience cannot leave unanswered. And in doing so, Rand presents her "sense of life" philosophy in character Chicago welcomes an onslaught of new theater compa istic persuasiveness. nies every year, each intending on changing the face of the The audience must decide the fate of Karen Andre local theater scene with an impressive mission statement (Laura Slater), the sexually indulgent, selfish and power and big plans. MadMonk Productions is no exception. hungry woman accused of murdering her longtime lover Promising to offer works philosophical and moral in and idol, business tycoon, Bjorn Faulkner. The play nature, MadMonk launches its life on the stage with evolves into a who-done-it moral mystery that, although "Night of January 16th." And what better way for a com dating back to an age when virtuous innocence, fidelity pany billing itself as a "theater of thought" then to begin and selflessness seemed to carry more weight, juxtaposes with a piece by, arguably the 20th century's greatest the selfish against the selfless and the quest for greatness thinker, Ayn Rand. against the desire to be like everybody else. All this from The play, originally written in 1933, is a courtroom the woman whose later titles would include "The Virtue drama that calls upon the viewer to address the represent of Selfishness" and "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal." ed themes by selecting twelve unsuspecting jury members This potentially overly cerebral piece, is infused with life from the audience. While Rand's innovative script, wh ich by a talented cast and minimalist direction. Particularly pre-dates the drama filled court shows ("Judge Judy," striking is Slater, whose self-assured manner, subtle sexu ality and strong-minded man-worship put her characteri zation in line with the best of Rand's heroines. Playing the aptly named gangster, Lawrence "Guts" Regan, Mark Stephen offers a dynamically detailed performance com plete with sub-text and specificity. The play demands a large cast of could-be two-dimensional characters, as wit nesses are called to the stand to testify throughout the play. Fortunately, all in all, this group, under the direction of Scott Burtness, avoids such super.ficial presentations. Nick Maroon's cameo as James Chandler, depicts a hand writing expert complete with a compulsion in such detail that this minor character's interior li fe comes clear in just a few lines. Similarly, Scott Harman's portrayal of a building security guard is at once comically particular and broadly representative. Despite the production's over emphasis on an original score by Russell B. Cowley it grows tired before the play begins. Mad Monk's presentation of this analytical and intellectually energized script by the founding father (somehow I think she would prefer it that way) of objec ti vism is worthy of note. During intermission, in the evening air, on the steps of Courtesy of MadMonk Productions the Chopin Theatre, audience members chat about the From left: District Attorney Flint (Jim Jarvis) interrogates plays meaning, the jury deliberates and we try to figure Lawrence "Guts" Regan (Mark Stephen). Above: Karen out what will happen next. This fledgling company has Andre (Laura Slater) is secretly cahorting with "Guts." met their mission. May 14,2001 arts&entertainment 19 Hom.estar Runner, We Love You By Sal J. Barry the contests and im press all th e ladies. Chapman- AKA "The Brothe rs can appreciate. While the show is not Strong Bad's posse includes his Strong Chaps"- inspired by o ld video games, blatantly overloaded with Gen-X pop Webmaster Mad, Strong Bad's thug-li ke brother, Saturday morning cartoons, and chil culture references, it definitely makes and The Cheat, a little ye llow critter dren's books, came up with the idea for sense to those of us who grew up in the that looks like an evil Pikachu. The the series in 1996, but did not launch 1980s. And the happy music, bright col 'Homestar Runner is an excellent car three of them try to thwart Homestar, their site until late 1999. And while ors, and whimsical stories bring us back to toon series on the web, about the title but in classic cartoon style, always end Homestar Runner is as good as, or bet a simpler time that we all fondly remem character and his unusual friends who up failing. ter, than most Flash animation on the ber-our childhood. The brilliant look and inhabit a surreal yet fun world- a Series co-creators Mike and Matt web, it is a true rarity in the fact that it feel of the show, combined with its offbeat world of bright colors, cheesy is appropriate for almost all ages, be it humor and zany characters, make it some Nintendo-style music, and 1980s pop gramm ar school, coll ege, or beyond. thing everyone can appreciate. culture references a ll neatly packed " Me and Mike look at a lot of the So next time you find yourself feeling into a well done show. And as good as Flash cartoons and get a little pissed the need for entertainment, go online and the show is, not many people know off by what's popular.. . th e gay jokes check out www.homestarrunner.com. about it-yet. and sex jokes and crap jokes," said The series chronic les the adventures Matt Chapman. " We just try and think of Homestar Runner, the silly and love of the stuff that makes us laugh. able protagonist, in his daily life. Remember all the hilarious stuff that Homestar's friends Pom-Pom (a bal happened (in grammar school)? Well , loon-like character who speaks in bub it's still funny." , ble noises), Strong Sad (the downtrod And while the Brothers Chaps don' t den brother of Stro ng Bad), and necessari ly intend their cartoons for Marzipan (Homestar's girlfriend) join children, they certainly won't offend him in his daily escapades. Their off any with Homestar Runner's whole beat adventures range from jumping some brand of humor. "The great thing jack contests to teaching their football about cartoons is that you can hit 2 coach- the cotton-mouthed Coach Z audiences if you do it ri ght," says how to properly pronounce the word Michael Chapman. llomestar mig ht "job." As ludicrous as these plotlines look like something for kids, and for so und, they are quite entertaining. the most part it can be. (But) our audi Of course, no hero wo uld be complete ence seems to be mostly 20-30 year Left: The cartoon series character without an archenemy. Strong Bad, a olds." Homestar Runner poses for a cameo. mischievous and egotistical little guy This is not without good reason. Above: Homestar Runner and Strong Bad dressed as a Mexican wrestler, con though. llomestar Runner is loaded play a friendly game in the cartoon, stantly schemes how he can get the best with jokes that most 20 to 30 year-olds "Homestar Runner." of Homestar, as we ll as how to win a ll bond with film and music like director Tim Bunon By Cassie Welcher and composer Danny Elfman. Assistant A&E Editor Other stars that lend their vocals to the CD are Beck with " Diamond Dogs," Bono (of Irish group The one thing better than seeing the beautiful U2) with "Children of the Revolution," David Bowie Nicole Kidman and the handsome Ewan McGregor up and hi s sultry vocals in "Nature Boy," and Fatboy on the big screen is hearing them sing. You wouldn't Slim with his dance mix of "Because We Can" really believe it but in the new fi lm, "Moulin Rouge," (which is about the famous Parisian Can-Can). Other both lend their vocals to the film's soundtrack, which songs include " Rhythm of the N ight," "Your Song," was released on May 8. When I received the CD from and "Come What May," which were all re-mixed Fox Music, I never expected to hear that the movie from songs that have been previously released. was a musical and I was completely astonished by the Although the film is set in the Bohemian period, singing of Kidman and McGregor. I had never the music is more of a modern version. The songs expected that they could actually sing and, let alone, don't necessarily fi t in the time period, but they work that it would be good. well with the story of the film. They are not the only voices that are heard on the I think the whole idea of the film and music was to CD. We all know the "Lady Marmalade" that was take an old story and music and make it more mod recently re-made by vocalists Christina Aguilera, Lil' ern and fun just as "Romeo and Juliet" was an old Kim, Mya and Pink. The famous line? "Voulez-vous Shakespearian tale, but it was based in the present or coucher avec moi, ce soir," which, in English, means near future. They take the same approach in making "Will you sleep with me, tonight?" J am sure that we the soundtrack. have all seen the video more than once. 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Mr. Ward i Tom Ward, who was bom in Chicago Q : How many stadiums have you gone recently went to a Milwaukee Brewe; to that you can proclaim these the best game. He and his wi fe live in the in the Majors? Mi l":aukee area and have enjoyed going A: I've been to Comiskey and Jacobs to Moller Park, wh1ch opened this year. Field in Cleveland. Plus, I've been to the old Brewer stadium and now this one. Q: How are the Brewers going to do this year? Q: So you don' t really know that these A: They have a good oOcnsc. but their arc the best in the Major Leagues pitching will eventuall~ get to them. then? They have a good chance to be about A: The best I've seen so far. .500. I'm a White Sox fan thoul!h. so I don't rca II) care if thC) do good or not. Q: Do von think most stadiums should have more bathrooms for women then Q: Why did you come to a Brewer men, consid ering the long lines " omen game then? ha\'c to wait in ? A: The park is real nice. It's a fun place A: Probabl). But I don't think most to come to and watch baseball. \\Omen care. Tile) come mostl) to the game to talk with their girlfriends and to Q: How are the bath rooms here com cat. They could care less about actua lly pared to other places yo u' ve been? seeing the game. If it meant having to have A: These are by far the cleanest in the guys wait in lines, I wouldn't be for it, but Majors. They are real comfortable to go I don't think it would become a problem. Scon VencvChromcle to the bathroom in, but I wish they would Tom Ward shows his flushing ability during a recent trip to the bathroom at Miller have dividers between the urinals. You Q : Isn' t that being kind of sexist would think a place that cost $400 mil against women, saying they aren' t real Park. Ward thinks the Miller Park bathrooms are the best in the league. lion to make would be able to get some baseball fans? dividers in here. Who wants some A: I'm not say ing all women are like A: Yes Q: So were you being sexist? stranger to be in your business when that, just some are. Are you trying to get you' re trying to go to the bathroom? If A: Not at al l. I respect women's knowledge me in trouble? Q: Yes, we are trying to get you in on sport's. Some men come to the game and they put dividers in here, these bath trouble. just talk and eat too. It's not just women. rooms would be the best in all of sports, Q : Are you posing a question to a not just baseball. A: That's what I thought. question? Q: Nice reply. ------Continued from Back Page Sportservices," he said, referring to the view as their prize food. "I'm a bratwurst company that supplies the food to Miller lover, and they make them preny good Park. "They determine the prices." here," he said. 'They're all fresh." When pressed on the matter, it start And what about that sushi they serve~ ed to appear as if Wi ide knew more "I don't think so," he said. "Baseball then he was pretending to. "Beer was stadiums are meant for hot dogs and real expensive at County Stadium peanuts. This isn't Tokyo. I come here too," he ~a i d . "And they jacked up to have a couple of beers and peanuts. I beer prices by a quarter here." He don't come here to have any of that then proceeded to show us how they weird crap" We decided later that we use plastic cups that look smaller but shouldn't have asked. are actually the same size as the regu The game eventually ends and most of lar beer served during games. "It's the 3 I ,000 people stay to see the $5. 00 most places and a linle bit retractable roof open up, and then all cheaper here, even though you get the depart to the same parking lot. As every same amount. Maybe they figure you one walked on the overpass that over lose a little bit of the foam when you looks a small pond some I 0 feet below, get the plastic cup." one of the many drunken fans took Wilde may have been right with his notice of someth ing down below. theory. Two customers who came up "Hey look," he shouted. to his concess ion stand order two Right there, in front of everyone, is beers only to see the foam go up and two girls on their boyfriend's shoulders right over the glass and onto the Noel Sutcliff/Chronicle playing chicken. In their underwear. At ground. "That always happens," The bar in T.G.I. Friday's is usually filled up two hours before the game. that point nobody cares about the food Wilde mumbles. at Miller Park, the friendly concession Wilde is much more pleased with the played at County Stadium. "There was organization that way." people or that mysterious club level. new park and the money that his Lions never anybody there," he said. "Here Despite Miller Park offering a variety of They are all fixated on the chicken fight. Club makes. He often ti mes would just there are at least 30,000 people every different foods, Wilde stays with what he Baseball at Miller Park offers fans a stare at the walls when the Brewers night. You can make a lot of money for an and most Wisconsin people have come to whole new experience. Minute by minute: Venc:l & Sutc:llffs Miller Parle Story Wednesday 5/9, 3:59 p.m. Thursday 5/10, 1: 10 a.m. Sutcliff gets a call on his cell. The Sutcliff starts writ ing leads for the Wednesday 5/9, 6 :27 p.m.- Venci story. While he likes Venci, he caller hangs up. Sutcliff dials star- works hard interviewing subjects for Wednesday 5/9, 1:25 p.m.- We 69 to find out that it was his girl doesn't think he is ready to write a depart in our car for Milwaukee, but the story so there is no accusation of story. friend. She's upset that she didn't plagiarism. first we stop at White Hen Pantry. get her last paycheck in the mail. Wednesday 5/9, 1:38 p.m.- Sutcli ff LWedn esday 5/9, 6:52p.m.- We are T hursday 5/10, 1:41 a.m.- Venci is upset with the ATM machi ne, then Wednesday 5/9, 5:22p.m. impressed with the loyalty of the checks his alarm clock to make sure buys an egg salad sandwich with a We arrive at Miller Park. employees at the stadium. We feel he wakes up by 9 a.m. to get to the side of Cracker Jacks. loved. Chronicle offices. Damon Buford Zone Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. 5126 Sun. I NortMastUpdtm A week Df Buford Hllnols 5-19, 1 home nan Cumulative Statistics 14-76, 2 home runs A view from the plate Noel Sutdifi/Chronicle The view from a table at T.G.I . Friday's in left field. A table for four cost $240.00. Eating your way through Milwaukee's Miller Park game can come sit at those tables on a walked up the steps and got right up to later. And despite being more expensive fi rst come, first serve basis." the glass doors of the infamous club than Wrigley's, they don't give you as By Noel Sutcliff and Scott Venci The average price to eat at the restau level. An older man saw us coming, and many nachos and the cheese is a lot Correspondent, Sports Editor rant is just $ 12.00. Other then the usual there was a possibility that he winced colder. We fight off our fears and go hot dogs and hamburgers, the restaurant when he saw us. We tried to ignore the right back at the man. has club sandwiches that are priced obvious signs tell ing us we weren't "Hello, we are ... " we attempted to say. t was supposed to be a simple story near $7.00. "That's a great price consid welcome, but it got even more tense as "Do you have tickets," he asked us again about food at the newly constructed ering you spend more for a com beef we opened up the doors to try to gain HWe.... " I Miller Park, the home of the sandwich at the concessions," said access. "I'm going to have to ask you to Milwaukee Brewers, but it turned into Dalzell. uw e were.... ," we said. leave," he tells us while opening the something more. Who could have envi The other restaurant there is the .300 "Do you have tickets," asked the man. door and motioning for us to flee. sioned going to a baseball game and It was our chance at greatness and we seeing girls in their underwear? Who let it slip away. We got into the gates of would have possibly imagined that at Heaven, and then God's helper told us least one interview at the new stadium to leave. wou ld take place in the bathroom? And The vendors at Miller Park are the nobody could have expected the rude friendliest in the Major Leagues. That treatment we got from one worker. may change as the year goes on, but for The food at Miller Park is vastly dif now it's pure euphoria for the people. fe rent than those at Comiskey and Most of the concession stands at the Wrigley Field. For one , it has two stadium are nrn by charitable organiza actua l restaurants, including a TGI tions. They get to take ten percent off Fri day's, which is right over the left all the money they make during the field wall. It'' the thi rd TGI Friday 's game. which is a tradition that was car that has been built at a major league ried over from County Stadium. \tadium. The othc" arc in /\ri.wna and That may be why they are so courte 'lexas. mrs. but it was the fi rst time we ever "We have table~ here that have great saw two people working the conces view' of the ballpark." said Bill sions hug each other. They talked and Dalzell. the general manager of H il joked with us. helping us find whatever hiday'•· "We have I~ table• that arc it was we wanred. We were disappoint out, ide the re\launonl overlooking the ed lo S<'C !hey had no egg sandwiches field." on th<· rm:nu. but nllrhe regul(ll' stutf It wa• d ear when '"ked how much was there. This particular booth wns tho•c table• go for that they were not being run hy St. Anlhon, 's on the Lake. geared toward college kid•. '>ti ll. there and it wn~ as ifymr couldn't leave was no need to l:1ugh at the que\!ion . wi lhnut buying smncthing.. We did, and " I hey go for ~240 . 00 ," Dal;cll -.ud Noel SutcliHIChromclo ti:lt a~ i r "''' \Vl'fl' mnkin11 a contribution qo uLkly. llowcvcr, in lla;.cll \ dcfc1"c 11 Tho club level Is only fo r the very important people In tho city of Milwaukee. Trying Ill Sl1Cit-ly, uJihllU~th il W~IS l'Onl\rsing w1ncs With more than ju•l a tah le to to gain access to the section without permission may result In bodily harm. wh,·n ",. tried 111 fi gure nul just what watch the game at. /\ f:111 that